Senator John McCain has introduced Internet Freedom Act of 2009 as alternative to FCC regulations

Net neutrality is one of the top technology topics that President
Obama has focused on for his first term and was one of his big topics
while campaigning. Obama feels that the neutrality of the internet
must be maintained, as does the FCC.

The FCC voted to begin
drafting rules yesterday that would require ISPs to treat all web
traffic the same. The proposed rules would prevent ISPs from blocking
or slowing the bandwidth available to high demand traffic like
streaming video or other applications that can strain networks. The
proposed rules would allow ISPs to block illegal material like child
pornography and spam.

Republican Senator John McCain has
introduced legislation that would block the FCCs proposal for
regulating the neutrality of the Internet. The AFP reports
that McCain said, "the Internet Freedom Act of 2009 [will keep
the internet] free from government control and regulation."

FCC
chairman Julius Genachowski said, "reasonable and enforceable
rules of the road [are needed] to preserve a free and open internet."
Genachowski points out that these rules are needed because of "some
significant situations where broadband providers have degraded the
data streams of popular lawful services and blocked consumer access
to lawful applications."

Naturally, companies that make
their money from the internet are supporting
the FCC's proposal. These companies include Amazon, eBay,
Facebook, Google, Twitter, and several other internet firms. McCain
calls the FCC's proposal "onerous federal regulation" and
calls the proposed rules a "government takeover" of the
internet.

ComptuerWorld also reports that McCain does
not support including wireless broadband providers in the net
neutrality rules saying, "[The wireless industry] exploded over
the past 20 years due to limited government regulation."

McCain
said of his Internet Freedom Act of 2009, "Today I'm pleased to
introduce the Internet Freedom Act of 2009 that will keep the
Internet free from government control and regulation. It will allow
for continued innovation that will in turn create more high-paying
jobs for the millions of Americans who are out of work or seeking new
employment. Keeping businesses free from oppressive regulations is
the best stimulus for the current economy."

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Yes they did but that was given to the local municipalities to decided what company they wanted to allow rolling out a network and it is up to them now to let other companies roll out networks but that is not going to happen because the current companies lobbyist already own our local politicians.

What a lot of people seem to over look is that that was created by the same industry that now has control of the market. They lobbied hard to get that government mandate. The put it up as an ultimatum "it will be too costly to build out a network if we're not given an area with no competition."